pulmonary transplantation

Researchers Link Metabolic Age Clock and COPD

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The same biological processes that drive aging — such as energy loss — may also contribute to lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).  Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a metabolic age clock that evaluates an individual’s metabolic function relative to the expected norm for their age group. Using this tool, they identified a … Read more

10 Kidney Transplants in 2 Days: Coordination Matters

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Even the highest-volume kidney transplant centers average fewer than two transplants a day, so conducting 10 in just 2 days is an extreme rarity. But that’s what happened at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, during a stressful — but successful — Labor Day weekend. Vanderbilt’s transplant teams were called in on that Saturday … Read more